Argument Metaphors

C3WP Web-Based Resources

Loop Writing Activity Overview: An activity designed by Peter Elbow, "The loop writing process is a way to get the best of both worlds: both control and creativity. On the one hand it lets you steer where you are going...On the other hand it expands your point of view..."

Writing Sprints: An activity adapted by Rose Lounsbury of the Ohio Writing Project. "This strategy allows students to write fast in a non-threatening way."

Kernel Essay Graphic Organizer - helping students see the claims of other writers and, in turn, articulate their own debatable, defensible, and nuanced claim

Everyday Argument - visually organized website that links back to resources from C3WP